Shared Identity of Horses and Men in Oromia, Ethiopia

IF 0.6 4区农林科学 Q4 SOCIOLOGY Society & Animals Pub Date : 2021-03-08 DOI:10.1163/15685306-12341603

Marcus Baynes-Rock, Tigist Teressa

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Abstract

In this paper, we draw attention to human-horse relations among the Oromo of West Shewa and the importance that men in particular ascribe to horses known as farrda mia. These horses are not a distinct breed; they attain their status through a process of selection based on attractiveness and mutual compatibility with their owners. Farrda mia are important in ceremonies, racing, and personal prestige to the degree that they constitute a cognitive affective unity with the men they allow on their backs. The relationships between Oromo men and their horses evoke novel conceptions of identity. Through reciprocal trust, exclusivity, naming, and performance, Oromo men and their horses constitute cognitive, affective centaurs that challenge conceptions of self- contained, self-embodied, human individuals.

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埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚的马和人的共同身份

在这篇文章中，我们提请注意西谢瓦奥罗莫人与马的关系，以及人们特别重视被称为蹄痛的马。这些马不是一个独特的品种；它们通过一个基于吸引力和与主人相互兼容的选择过程来获得自己的地位。Farrda mia在仪式、比赛和个人声望中都很重要，因为它们与他们允许的男人构成了认知情感的统一。奥罗莫人和他们的马之间的关系唤起了新颖的身份观念。通过相互信任、排他性、命名和表演，奥罗莫人和他们的马组成了认知的、情感的半人马，挑战了自我包容、自我体现的人类个体的概念。

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Society & Animals 社会科学-兽医学

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1.40

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12.50%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Society & Animals publishes studies that describe and analyze our experiences of non-human animals from the perspective of various disciplines within both the Social Sciences (e.g., psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science) and the Humanities (e.g., history, literary criticism). The journal specifically deals with subjects such as human-animal interactions in various settings (animal cruelty, the therapeutic uses of animals), the applied uses of animals (research, education, medicine and agriculture), the use of animals in popular culture (e.g. dog-fighting, circus, animal companion, animal research), attitudes toward animals as affected by different socializing agencies and strategies, representations of animals in literature, the history of the domestication of animals, the politics of animal welfare, and the constitution of the animal rights movement.

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